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Sunday, November 11, 2007

Gresham disturbance by daycode

Hey, I was writing about the lack of security on thetrains over a year ago, remember? There was no commentthen, and I suppose I looked like an alarmist. But Ikeep tellin' ya, I've got friends who ride, and theyall tell me it's a freak show on those trains.... Notduring rush hour, but during off-peak hours, even latemorning.... little clots of hooligans and singularcreeps who like to intimidate the other riders who allsit there meekly hoping the problem will just go away.

Well it won't -- when there isn't a visible authorityfigure (like on the bus), the tension and sense offree license keeps escalating. I don't think thesecurity should even be uniform. I think it should beundercover, so the little buggers never know whensomeone on the train can haul them right off and citethem for disturbing the peace, menacing, whatever....